Edwin Bramwell FRSE FRCPE (1873–1952) was a British neurologist. He was President of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh from 1933 to 1935.
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| Born | January 11, 1873 North Shields, Northumblerland, England |
| Died | March 21, 1952 (aged 79) Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Burial place | Dean Cemetery, Edinburgh |
| Alma mater | University of Edinburgh |
| Occupation(s) | Physician, Neurologist |
| Title | President of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh |
| Term | 1933-1935 |
| Predecessor | Robert Thin |
| Successor | Professor William Thomas Ritchie |
| Spouse | Elizabeth Cumming Cunningham (married 1908-1960, her death) |
| Children | 4 daughters, 2 sons. |
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Life
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He was born in North Shields on 11 January 1873 the son of Martha (née Crighton) and Sir Byrom Bramwell. He was educated at Cheltenham College. He then studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh graduating MB ChB in 1896.[1]
After graduation he began working at the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary then moved to the National Hospital for the Paralysed and Epileptic in London. He then did a years further postgraduate study in Freiburg in Germany. In 1900 he settled in Edinburgh as a consultant and in 1902 moved to work in Leith Hospital as Assistant Physician. In 1907 he returned to Edinburgh Royal Infirmary as Assistant Physician.
In 1906 Bramwell was elected a member of the Harveian Society of Edinburgh and served as President in 1934.[2] In 1906 he was also elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were Daniel John Cunningham, John Chiene, George Chrystal and Alexander Bruce.[3] At this time he lived at 24 Walker Street in Edinburgh's West End.[4]
In the First World War he served in the 2nd Second General Hospital treating the returning wounded. He began to specialise in brain injuries and mental injuries such as shell shock and in 1919 began lecturing in Neurology at the University of Edinburgh. In 1922 he became Professor of Clinical Medicine. In 1927 he was elected a member of the Aesculapian Club.[5]
He died in Edinburgh on 21 March 1952. He is buried in Dean Cemetery. The grave lies on the westmost outer wall of the first northern extension.
Publications
editA keen fly-fisher, he wrote many articles for the Fishing Gazette under the pseudonym "The Professor".
Family
editIn 1908 he married Elizabeth Cumming Cunningham (1879-1960) daughter of Daniel John Cunningham and granddaughter of Very Rev John Cunningham.[6] They had four daughters and two sons. One daughter Margaret Claire Byrom Bramwell married Dr James Kirkwood Slater.[7]
His younger brothers were J. Crighton Bramwell and Byrom Stanley Bramwell.
References
edit- ^ "Inspiring Physicians | RCP Museum".
- ^ Minute Books of the Harveian Society. Library of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.
- ^ Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002 (PDF). The Royal Society of Edinburgh. July 2006. ISBN 0-902-198-84-X. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
- ^ Edinburgh Post Office Directory 1910
- ^ Minute Books of the Aesculapian Club. Library of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.
- ^ Kaufman, Matthew H (February 2008). "Daniel John Cunningham (1850–1909): anatomist and textbook author, whose sons achieved distinction in the Army, Navy and Indian Medical Service". Journal of Medical Biography. 16 (1): 30–35. doi:10.1258/jmb.2006.006058. PMID 18463062. S2CID 7428475.
- ^ "James Kirkwood Slater". 16 October 2014.
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